Sepultura / discography

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This discography is an overview of the musical works of the Brazilian metal band Sepultura . According to sources and record awards, it has sold more than 1.4 million records to date. Sepultura's most successful release is the album Roots with over 715,000 units sold.

Albums

Studio albums

year Title
music label 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1986 Morbid Visions
Cogumelo Records 		- - - - -
First published: November 10, 1986
1987 Schizophrenia
Cogumelo Records 		- - - - -
First published: October 30, 1987
1989 Beneath the Remains
Roadrunner Records 		DE96 (1 week)
DE 		- - - -
First published: April 7, 1989
Chart entry in DE only in 2020
1991 Arise
Roadrunner Records 		DE25 (14 weeks)
DE 		- CH24 (4 weeks)
CH 		UK40
silver
silver

(2 weeks)UK 		US119 (4 weeks)
US
First published: March 20, 1991
1993 Chaos AD
Roadrunner Records 		DE11 (10 weeks)
DE 		AT19 (16 weeks)
AT 		CH15 (7 weeks)
CH 		UK11
gold
gold

(5 weeks)UK 		US32
gold
gold

(7 weeks)US
First published: September 2, 1993
1996 Roots
Roadrunner Records 		DE7 (20 weeks)
DE 		AT2
gold
gold

(16 weeks)AT 		CH16 (8 weeks)
CH 		UK4th
gold
gold

(6 weeks)UK 		US27
gold
gold

(10 weeks)US
First published: February 20, 1996
1998 Against
Roadrunner Records 		DE23 (4 weeks)
DE 		AT23 (4 weeks)
AT 		- UK40 (2 weeks)
UK 		US82 (3 weeks)
US
First published: October 6, 1998
2001 Nation
Roadrunner Records 		DE28 (5 weeks)
DE 		AT41 (4 weeks)
AT 		CH84 (1 week)
CH 		UK88 (1 week)
UK 		US134 (1 week)
US
First published: March 20, 2001
2003 Roorback
SPV 		DE46 (3 weeks)
DE 		- CH69 (2 weeks)
CH 		- -
First published: May 26, 2003
2006 Dante XXI
SPV 		DE64 (1 week)
DE 		- - - -
First published: March 2, 2006
2009 A-Lex
SPV 		DE82 (1 week)
DE 		AT53 (1 week)
AT 		CH68 (1 week)
CH 		- -
First published: January 23, 2009
2011 Kairo's
Nuclear Blast 		DE49 (1 week)
DE 		AT75 (1 week)
AT 		CH45 (2 weeks)
CH 		- -
First published: June 24, 2011
2013 The Mediator Between Head
and Hands Must Be the Heart
Nuclear Blast 		DE76 (1 week)
DE 		- CH96 (1 week)
CH 		- -
First published: October 25, 2013
2017 Machine Messiah
Nuclear Blast 		DE27 (2 weeks)
DE 		AT33 (1 week)
AT 		CH27 (1 week)
CH 		- -
First published: January 13, 2017
2020 Quadra
Nuclear Blast 		DE5 (2 weeks)
DE 		AT17 (1 week)
AT 		CH13 (3 weeks)
CH 		- -
First published: February 7, 2020

Live albums

year Title
music label 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2002 Under a Pale Gray Sky
Roadrunner Records 		- - CH99 (1 week)
CH 		- -
First published: September 22, 2002

More live albums

  • 2005: Live in São Paulo
  • 2014: Metal Veins - Alive in Rock in Rio

Compilations

year Title
music label 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1997 Blood-Rooted
Roadrunner Records 		- - - - US162 (2 weeks)
US
First published: June 3, 1997
2017 The Roadrunner Albums: 1985–1996
Roadrunner Records 		DE100 (1 week)
DE 		- - - -
First published: January 27, 2017

More compilations

  • 1996: The Roots of Sepultura
  • 2006: The Best of Sepultura

EPs

year title Remarks
1985 Século XX / Bestial Devastation Split EP with Overdose
First release: November 1985
1990 Bestial devastation First published: 1990
1992 Third World Posse First publication: 1992
1994 Refuse / Resist First published: 1994
1996 Natural Born Blasters First published: 1996
1997 Procreation of the Wicked First published: February 1997
2002 Revolution songs First published: November 22, 2002
2015 Under My Skin First published: June 5, 2015

Singles

Chart placements

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1991 Under Siege (Regnum Irae)
Arise 		- - - UK91 (1 week)
UK 		-
First publication: 1991
1993 Territory
Chaos AD 		- - - UK66 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: October 5, 1993
1994 Refuse / Resist
Chaos AD 		- - - UK51 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: 1994
Slave New World
Chaos AD 		- - - UK46 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: 1994
1996 Roots Bloody Roots
Roots 		DE42 (5 weeks)
DE 		- - UK19 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
FI: # 2; First published: February 18, 1996
Attitude
roots 		- - - UK46 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: June 1996
Ratamahatta
Roots 		- - - UK23 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: October 1996
1998 Choke
Against 		- - - UK91 (1 week)
UK 		-
First published: 1998

More singles

  • 1991: Arise
  • 1991: Dead Embryonic Cells
  • 1999: Against
  • 1999: Tribes
  • 2006: Convicted in Life
  • 2011: Kairos
  • 2013: The Age of the Atheist
  • 2015: Sepultura Under My Skin

Video albums and music videos

Video albums

year title Remarks
1992 Under Siege (Live at Barcelona) Concert recording
First published: January 14, 1992
1995 Third world chaos First published: June 27, 1995
1997 We Are What We Are First published: January 28, 1997
2002 Chaos DVD Combines the three VHS of the Cavalera era
First published: October 7, 2002
2005 Live in São Paulo Concert recording
First published: November 8, 2005

Music videos

year title Director (s)
1989 Inner Self Aurelio Diaz
1991 Dead Embryonic Cells Bill Henderson
1992 Arise Bill Henderson
1993 Refuse / Resist Peter Christopherson
Territory Paul Rachman
1994 Slave New World Thomas Mignone
1996 Roots Bloody Roots Thomas Mignone
Ratamahatta Fred Stuhr
Attitude block
1998 choke Raul Machado
2003 Bullet the Blue Sky Ricardo Della Rosa
2004 Mindwar Ricardo Della Rosa
2005 Refuse / Resist (live) Lecuck Ishida
2006 Convicted in Life Luis Carone
2008 Ostia Geraldo Moraes
2009 We've lost you André Moraes
What I Do! Sepultura
2013 The Vatican Rafael Kent
2014 Da Lama ao Caos Rafael Kent

Awards for music sales

Golden record

  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 1997: for the album Roots
  • NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
    • 1998: for the album Chaos AD
    • 2000: for the album Roots

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region Silver record icon.svg silver Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Canada (MC) Canada (MC) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 50,000 musiccanada.com
Netherlands (NVPI) Netherlands (NVPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 0! P- 90,000 nvpi.nl
Austria (IFPI) Austria (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 25,000 ifpi.at
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 0! P- 1,000,000 riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Silver record icon.svg silver1 Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 0! P- 260,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Silver record icon.svg silver1 Gold record icon.svg 8 × gold8th -

swell

  1. ↑ a b c d Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
Sepultura
Derrick Green  • Andreas Kisser  • Paulo Jr. • Eloy Casagrande
Max Cavalera  • Igor Cavalera  • Jairo Guedz • Wagner Lamounier • Jean Dolabella
Studio albums

Morbid Visions  (1986) • Schizophrenia  (1987) • Beneath the Remains  (1989) • Arise  (1991) • Chaos AD  (1993) • Roots  (1996) • Against  (1998) • Nation  (2001) • Roorback  (2003) • Dante XXI  (2006) • The Best of Sepultura (2006) • A-Lex  (2009) • Kairos  (2011) • The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be the Heart (2013)

Extended plays

Bestial Devastation  (1990) • Third World Posse (1992) • Refuse / Resist (1994) • Natural Born Blasters (1996) • Procreation of the Wicked (1997) • Revolusongs (2003) • Under My Skin (2015)

Live albums

The Roots of Sepultura (1996) • Blood-Rooted (1997) • Under a Pale Gray Sky (2002) • Live in São Paulo (2005)

Splits

Século XX / Bestial Devastation  (1985)